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Ask HN: How much do you think SnapChat is really worth?

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Re: Ask HN: How much do you think SnapChat is really worth?

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$0 I hadn't heard of SnapChat until this acquisition story broke. I guess I'm out of touch or something? Anyway, no revenue and no real hope of revenue = $0. VC can blow smoke up your ass until they collapse, blue in the face, but it's not a winning proposition.

You are out of touch. For those edit: but yea, I think $3 billion is a little high...

Re: Ask HN: How much do you think SnapChat is really worth?

#13

$0 I hadn't heard of SnapChat until this acquisition story broke. I guess I'm out of touch or something? Anyway, no revenue and no real hope of revenue = $0. VC can blow smoke up your ass until they collapse, blue in the face, but it's not a winning proposition.

You are out of touch. For those edit: but yea, I think $3 billion is a little high...

Theres a difference between having value to users because its a decent app and they get to use it for free, and generating revenue from those users. Ask those users to pay and they will leave in droves.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you think SnapChat is really worth?

#16

$0 I hadn't heard of SnapChat until this acquisition story broke. I guess I'm out of touch or something? Anyway, no revenue and no real hope of revenue = $0. VC can blow smoke up your ass until they collapse, blue in the face, but it's not a winning proposition.

I am not an investor and have very vague clue of such eccentric valuations but let me get my facts straight. An app which is analogous to a "teen trend", generates no revenue, has a very little or no clue how to either, is worth $3B? Does the brand value and niche matter more than possible potential of company, "money-wise"?

Re: Ask HN: How much do you think SnapChat is really worth?

#17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are out of touch. For those edit: but yea, I think $3 billion is a little high...

Theres a difference between having value to users because its a decent app and they get to use it for free, and generating revenue from those users. Ask those users to pay and they will leave in droves.

Getting users to pay isn't the only way to make money.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you think SnapChat is really worth?

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Theres a difference between having value to users because its a decent app and they get to use it for free, and generating revenue from those users. Ask those users to pay and they will leave in droves.

Getting users to pay isn't the only way to make money.

Thats true. But what have they really got to sell?
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